Framing-tool



W. E. FOORE.

FRAMING TOOL.

APPLICATION FILI-:D DEc.2. T919.

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FRAMING TOOL.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM E. FOORE, OF NOGALES, ARIZNA.

FRAMING-T0 OL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

i Application filed December 2, 1919. Serial No. 341,876.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. F conn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nogales, in the county of Santa Cruz and State of Arizona,have invented new and useful Improvements in F raming-Tools, of whichthe following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide efficient means forfacilitating the operation of laying off and cutting roof framingincluding common, jack, valley and hip rafters and for determiningaccurately and guiding the workmen in laying olf the plumb and cheekcuts for such rafters and similar timbers employed in roof and analagousstructure, such apparatus to be in a convenient and compact andtherefore readily portable forni with its members so related anddesignated as to enable a workman of comparatively slight knowledge andexperience to properly lay oft' the several timbers before attempting toassemble them.

With these and related objects in view the invention consists in aconstruction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment isshown in the drawing, it being shown that changes in the form,proportion and details may be resorted to within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the principles involved.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front view of the roof framing tool embodying theinvention.

Figs. 2 and 3 are opposite side or edge views of the same.

Fig. 4 is a rear view.

Fig. 5 is a detail section on the plane indicated by the line 5 5 ofFig. l.

Fig. 6 is a transverse section on the plane indicated by the line 6-6 ofFig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 7-7 ofFig. 2.

The tool embodies essentially a stock or body portion 10 provided with aconverging end 10. Disposed longitudinally on the rear of the stock and,preferably on a Inedial line, is a web 11 provided with an inwardlybeveled end which coperates with a slot 11 in the converging end of thestock to form a stop. The web is adapted in 0peration to be arrangedagainst the side of a timber which is to be terminally cut either ascommon or jack rafter or as a hip or valley rafter, the arrangement ofsaid web on an intermediate line of the stoclr'or body portion, andpreferably upon a longitudinal Patented Oct. 18, 1921. y

medial line, being topermit of the tool being used against either sideedge of a timber, and thus either right handed or left handed as maysuit the convenience of the operator; and carried by said stock inplanes respectively parallel with and perpendicular to the plane of theweb are the blades 12 and 13 which are respectively pivotally mounted asshown at 14C and l5 and are held in their adjusted angular positions bylocking means such as thumb screws 16 and 17.

At its opposite end the stock is provided with a head 18 which isreceived between the parallel disks 19 and 20 carried by the blade 12,said disk 19 constituting a dial and being graduated to represent anglesor degrees with reference to an indicator 21 on a segmental scale 22carried by the stock adjacent to the periphery of the disk 19. Thisscale 22 is provided with graduations indicating miter cuts and angularcuts for structures such as heXagon, Octagon and the like and may asindicated include scales subdivided into degrees and parts thereof, andhaving relation for the guidance of the operator to a table 23preferably inscribed upon the face or front surface of the stock. Theblade 12 is provided with beveled ends and is adjustable at variousangles by relation of the dial 19 carried thereby with the indicator 21on the stock whereby the blade is adapted to be arranged at any desiredangle with relation to the web 11 to accu* rately indicate the cheek cutfor hip and jack rafters and similar timbers of a roof framing.

The blade 13 which is mounted for movement in a plane parallel with theweb 11 and preferably in the plane thereof as indicated clearly in Figs.2 and 3 is provided with a segment 211 bearing a graduated scaleindicating degrees and also angular graduations for use in designatingon one side the plumb cuts for valley and hip rafters and on the otherside the plumb cuts for common and jack rafters, the indicator forcooperation with these scales being the forward edge 25 of a block 26carried by the stock and which is slotted at 27 to receive the blade ofwhich the pivot extends therethrough.

llhat I claim is A roof framing tool comprising a stock provided with aslotted converging end, a longitudinally disposed web secured to oneSide of said stock and provided with an i11- ioo Wardly beveledendvterminating at one end of said slot, a block secured to the oppositeside of said stock and provided with a longitudinal slot in the sameplane with the slot in the converging end of said stock, a

blade pivotally mounted in the slot in said` block and adapted to engagethe beveled end of said Web and bearing a graduated scale forcooperation With one edge of said 10 block, a segmental scale carried bysaid stock and bearing an indicator, a blade provided with beveled ends7parallel disks secured to opposite sides of the last mentioned blade andpivotally secured to said stock adjacent to said shield and bearing agraduated scale for cooperation With said indicator and means forsecuring said blades im adjusted position.

In testimony vvhereolc I ax my signature.

WILLIAM E. FOORE.

